Best Senators of the Past 50 Years: Hawaii
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
May 31, 2024, 10:14:46 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Politics
  Individual Politics (Moderator: The Dowager Mod)
  Best Senators of the Past 50 Years: Hawaii		 « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Poll
Question: Since the VRA of 1965, who is the best Senator to come from Hawaii
#1
Hiram Fong (1959-1977)		  
#2
Oren E. Long (1959-1963)		  
#3
Daniel Inouye (1963-2012)		  
#4
Spark Matsunaga (1977-1991)		  
#5
Daniel Akaka (1991-2013)		  
#6
Brian Schatz (2012-Present)		  
#7
Mazie Hirono (2013-Present)		  
Show Pie Chart
Partisan results
Total Voters: 38

Author Topic: Best Senators of the Past 50 Years: Hawaii  (Read 401 times)
Mr. Smith
MormDem
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 33,419
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: May 24, 2015, 11:44:10 AM »
« edited: May 24, 2015, 11:48:11 AM by L.D. Smith, Bay Area Conservadem »
Past Votes:
Alabama: Howell Heflin
Alaska: Mike Gravel
Arizona: Barry Goldwater
Arkansas: Dale Bumper
California: Pete Wilson
Colorado: Mark Udall
Connecticut: Chris Murphy
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: Bob Graham
Georgia: Sam Nunn


And here's Hawaii.

NOTE: Error regarding when Akaka became Senator, Matsunaga died in 1990
Logged
FEMA Camp Administrator
Cathcon
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 27,355
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2015, 12:32:25 PM »
Fong.
Logged
SATW
SunriseAroundTheWorld
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 6,463
United States
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2015, 01:10:12 PM »
AL: Denton, R-AL
AK: Sullivan, R-AK
AR: Cotton, R-AR
AZ: Goldwater, R-AZ
CA: Hayakawa, R-CA
CO: Armstrong, R-CO
CT: Lieberman, D-CT/I-CT
DE: Roth, R-DE
FL: Rubio, R-FL
GA: Isakson, R-GA
HI: Fong, R-HI

Sen. Fong.
Logged
Mr. Smith
MormDem
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 33,419
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2015, 02:55:11 PM »
Inouye, though Matsunaga was a close second...every one here was pretty good. Ultimately Inouye's length was the deciding factor

Past Votes

AL: Howell Heflin
AK: Ernest Gruening
AZ: Carl Hayden
AR: Dale Bumpers
CO: Mark Udall
CT: Abraham Ribicoff
DE: Joe Biden
FL: Lawton Chiles
GA: Sam Nunn
Logged
○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└
jfern
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 53,870


Political Matrix
E: -7.38, S: -8.36

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2015, 03:29:35 PM »
A rare case where the two best are the ones currently serving.
I voted Hironi.
Logged
Oldiesfreak1854
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,674
United States


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2015, 05:01:36 PM »
Fong, and then Inouye.
Logged
NewYorkExpress
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 24,817
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2015, 06:39:02 PM »
Schatz
Logged
Maxwell
mah519
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 28,459
Germany


Political Matrix
E: -6.45, S: -6.96

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2015, 06:54:08 PM »
Voted Schatz to stop Inouye.
Logged
Mr. Smith
MormDem
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 33,419
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2015, 06:58:20 PM »

But Fong's clearly far ahead
Logged
H. Ross Peron
General Mung Beans
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 9,401
Korea, Republic of


Political Matrix
E: -6.58, S: -1.91

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2015, 07:01:09 PM »
Inouye.
Logged
Zioneer
PioneerProgress
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,451
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2015, 08:55:00 PM »
Schatz is pretty great, and he doesn't have the unsavory rumors that Inouye had following him. Too bad Patsy Mink was never a senator though, she'd be my first vote.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.227 seconds with 14 queries.